Judge, 1914-10-31 · page 20 of 24
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This page features **humorous poetry about dentists**, a popular satirical subject. Multiple newspapers (Washington Star, Houston Post, Memphis Commercial Appeal, New York Sun, Youngstown Telegram) contributed verses mocking dentists' rough methods, stretched-open patient mouths, and tendency to tell jokes while drilling—offsetting "his fiendish drill." Below are brief **joke vignettes**: a woman keeping her husband from smoking by displaying portraits of her three ex-husbands; a reporter's fire badge proving useless in the afterlife; a beggar pinched by both poverty and police; and observations about liberal divorce laws and women replacing men on Paris streetcars. The page is primarily **comic filler and advertising** for champagne, paper warehouses, diamonds, cedar chests, and the book "Letters of a Self-Made Failure." The humor is gentle workplace satire typical of early 20th-century American comedy magazines.
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